The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Gloucestershire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 20 62 42
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -20
Contract jobs citing Web Services 19 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 6.934% 0.720% 1.632%
As % of the Application Development category 25.68% 2.825% 6.604%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 3
Average daily rate £440 £338 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.37% +125.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £328 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £348 £210
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £39.50 £21.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+88.09% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £21.00 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.50 £21.00 £19.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -18.75%
All Application Development
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
74 177 106
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 27.01% 25.50% 24.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 101 55
Average daily rate £394 £425 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.35% +45.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £288 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £713 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 6
Average hourly rate £24.50 £21.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £21.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £37.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
South West

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Web Services across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Gloucestershire Web Services Jobs Demand Trend

Web Services
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Web Services across the Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Web Services Daily Rate Trend

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Services across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Gloucestershire Web Services Daily Rate Histogram

Web Services
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Web Services across the Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Web Services Hourly Rate Trend

Web Services
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Services across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Gloucestershire Web Services Hourly Rate Histogram

Web Services
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Services within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Gloucester +37 11 £440 -
Cheltenham - 2 - -
Filton - 1 £500 -
Web Services
South West

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Web Services also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Web Services.

1 35 (72.92%) Security Cleared
2 34 (70.83%) Java
3 33 (68.75%) DV Cleared
4 26 (54.17%) J2EE
5 17 (35.42%) XML
6 16 (33.33%) SQL
7 15 (31.25%) JSP
7 15 (31.25%) UML
7 15 (31.25%) Swing
7 15 (31.25%) J2SE
8 14 (29.17%) HTML
9 13 (27.08%) C
9 13 (27.08%) Oracle
10 12 (25.00%) JBoss
10 12 (25.00%) JPA
11 11 (22.92%) RESTful
11 11 (22.92%) Maven
11 11 (22.92%) Software Engineering
11 11 (22.92%) Hibernate
12 8 (16.67%) SQL Server
13 7 (14.58%) MySQL
13 7 (14.58%) C++
13 7 (14.58%) Perl
13 7 (14.58%) PHP
13 7 (14.58%) Linux
13 7 (14.58%) Python
13 7 (14.58%) Agile Software Development
13 7 (14.58%) Scrum
13 7 (14.58%) Bash shell
13 7 (14.58%) Regular Expression

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Web Services also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Web Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (54.17%) J2EE
2 17 (35.42%) XML
3 15 (31.25%) JSP
3 15 (31.25%) Swing
3 15 (31.25%) J2SE
4 14 (29.17%) HTML
5 12 (25.00%) JPA
6 11 (22.92%) RESTful
6 11 (22.92%) Hibernate
7 7 (14.58%) Regular Expression
8 6 (12.50%) .NET
9 3 (6.250%) ASP.NET
9 3 (6.250%) CSS
9 3 (6.250%) Ajax
9 3 (6.250%) .NET Framework
10 2 (4.167%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (4.167%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 2 (4.167%) WCF
10 2 (4.167%) LINQ
10 2 (4.167%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.250%) Amazon AWS
2 2 (4.167%) IIS
2 2 (4.167%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.083%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (2.083%) CMS
3 1 (2.083%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (2.083%) SharePoint 2010
Business Applications
1 1 (2.083%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.083%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 7 (14.58%) MySQL
3 2 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (2.083%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 11 (22.92%) Maven
2 1 (2.083%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.083%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 38 (79.17%) Developer
2 25 (52.08%) Java Developer
3 11 (22.92%) HTML Developer
4 7 (14.58%) C++ Developer
5 5 (10.42%) Designer
6 4 (8.333%) Solutions Designer
7 3 (6.250%) Java/J2EE Developer
8 2 (4.167%) RPG Programmer
8 2 (4.167%) RPG Analyst Programmer
8 2 (4.167%) .NET Developer
8 2 (4.167%) Analyst Programmer
8 2 (4.167%) Programmer
8 2 (4.167%) Analyst
9 1 (2.083%) Consultant
9 1 (2.083%) Network Designer
9 1 (2.083%) Technical Consultant
9 1 (2.083%) Lead Developer
9 1 (2.083%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (2.083%) C# Developer
9 1 (2.083%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.083%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.083%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.58%) Linux
2 1 (2.083%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (2.083%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (2.083%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.25%) UML
2 11 (22.92%) Software Engineering
3 7 (14.58%) Scrum
3 7 (14.58%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (10.42%) Service Management
4 5 (10.42%) ITSM
4 5 (10.42%) ITIL
5 3 (6.250%) Analytics
5 3 (6.250%) MVC
6 2 (4.167%) Unit Testing
6 2 (4.167%) TDD
7 1 (2.083%) Content Management
7 1 (2.083%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.083%) CRM
7 1 (2.083%) Project Management
7 1 (2.083%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (70.83%) Java
2 16 (33.33%) SQL
3 13 (27.08%) C
4 7 (14.58%) Perl
4 7 (14.58%) PHP
4 7 (14.58%) C++
4 7 (14.58%) Python
4 7 (14.58%) Bash shell
5 4 (8.333%) C#
6 2 (4.167%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.167%) RPG
6 2 (4.167%) RPG IV
7 1 (2.083%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (72.92%) Security Cleared
2 33 (68.75%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.083%) CCNP
3 1 (2.083%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.083%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (4.167%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (27.08%) Oracle
2 12 (25.00%) JBoss
3 1 (2.083%) Cisco
3 1 (2.083%) Microsoft
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
They are going through extensive growth and are looking for a java developer (DV Cleared) to join their team. The Java developer (DV Cleared) will take ownership of...
ANSON MCCADE
Rate: Up to £440 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
IT Systems are increasingly being exploited as a tool to threaten the nation’s interests, either as a means of attack, or to support criminal or terrorist activities.....
ANSON MCCADE
Rate: Up to £440 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013